noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A square playing surface divided into eight rows and eight columns, forming sixty-four equal squares arranged in an alternating pattern of colors across both rows and columns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a checkerboard used to play chess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chess board
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: checkerboard, checker board
History
Etymology
From chess + board.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
skaakbord
— square board used in the game of chess
Arabic:
رَقْعَة اَلشَّطْرَنْج
(raqʕat aš-šaṭranj)
— square board used in the game of chess
Bashkir:
шахмат таҡтаһы
(şaxmat taqtahı)
— square board used in the game of chess
Bulgarian:
шахма́тна дъска́
(šahmátna dǎská)
— square board used in the game of chess
Catalan:
àbac
— square board used in the game of chess
Catalan:
escaquer
— square board used in the game of chess
Chinese Cantonese:
棋盤 /棋盘
— square board used in the game of chess
Chinese Mandarin:
棋盤 /棋盘
(qípán)
— square board used in the game of chess
Czech:
šachovnice
— square board used in the game of chess
Danish:
skakbræt
— square board used in the game of chess
Dutch:
schaakbord
— square board used in the game of chess
Esperanto:
ŝaktabulo
— square board used in the game of chess
Faroese:
talvborð
— square board used in the game of chess
Finnish:
shakkilauta
— square board used in the game of chess
Finnish:
šakkilauta
— square board used in the game of chess
French:
échiquier
— square board used in the game of chess
Old French:
escheker
— square board used in the game of chess
German:
Schachbrett
— square board used in the game of chess
Greek:
σκακιέρα
(skakiéra)
— square board used in the game of chess
Hebrew:
לוח־שחמט
(luakh-shakhmat')
— square board used in the game of chess
Hindi:
बिसात
(bisāt)
— square board used in the game of chess
Hungarian:
sakktábla
— square board used in the game of chess
Irish:
ficheall
— square board used in the game of chess
Irish:
clár fichille
— square board used in the game of chess
Italian:
scacchiera
— square board used in the game of chess
Japanese:
チェスボード
(chesubōdo)
— square board used in the game of chess
Korean:
체스판
(cheseupan)
— square board used in the game of chess
Latin:
scaccarium
— square board used in the game of chess
Macedonian:
шаховска табла
(šahovska tabla)
— square board used in the game of chess
Malay:
papan catur
— square board used in the game of chess
Maltese:
skakkiera
— square board used in the game of chess
Mongolian:
шатрын хөлөг
(šatryn xölög)
— square board used in the game of chess
Nogai:
шатыраш тактасы
(şatıraş taktası)
— square board used in the game of chess
Norman:
êchitchi
— square board used in the game of chess
Norwegian Bokmål:
sjakkbrett
— square board used in the game of chess
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjakkbrett
— square board used in the game of chess
Plautdietsch:
Schachbrat
— square board used in the game of chess
Polish:
szachownica
— square board used in the game of chess
Portuguese:
tabuleiro de xadrez
— square board used in the game of chess
Romanian:
tablă de șah
— square board used in the game of chess
Romanian:
eșichier
— square board used in the game of chess
Russian:
ша́хматная доска́
(šáxmatnaja doská)
— square board used in the game of chess
Sanskrit:
चतुरङ्गफलक
(caturaṅgaphalaka)
— square board used in the game of chess
Serbo-Croatian:
шаховска табла
— square board used in the game of chess
Serbo-Croatian:
шаховница
— square board used in the game of chess
Serbo-Croatian:
šahovska tabla
— square board used in the game of chess
Serbo-Croatian:
šahovnica
— square board used in the game of chess
Slovak:
šachovnica
— square board used in the game of chess
Slovene:
šahovnica
— square board used in the game of chess
Spanish:
tablero de ajedrez
— square board used in the game of chess
Swedish:
schackbräde
— square board used in the game of chess
Tagalog:
ahedresan
— square board used in the game of chess
Thai:
กระดานหมากรุก
(grà-daan-màak-rúk)
— square board used in the game of chess
Turkish:
satranç tahtası
— square board used in the game of chess
Ottoman Turkish:
سطرنج تختهسی
(satranc tahtası)
— square board used in the game of chess
Ukrainian:
шахівниця
(šaxivnycja)
— square board used in the game of chess
Vietnamese:
bàn cờ
— square board used in the game of chess
Volapük:
cögaboed
— square board used in the game of chess
Yiddish:
שאָכברעט
(shokhbret)
— square board used in the game of chess